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Sushma to lead Indian delegation at Mother Teresa's canonisation

  •   Thu, Jul 28 2016 10:03:21 PM

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will lead the Indian delegation to the canonisation of Mother Teresa at the Vatican in September, it was announced on Thursday.

Â"In view of the importance we attach to this very significant event, the canonisation of Mother Teresa, let me tell you that the government of India's delegation will be led by honourable External Affairs Minister herself,Â" External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in his weekly media briefing here.

He said that composition of the delegation was still being finalised and will be known a few days later.

Pope Francis will declare Mother Teresa a saint at the Vatican on September 4.

The date was announced on March 15 in what is called an Â"ordinary public consistoryÂ" or a meeting of the Pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process.

The day chosen for Mother Teresa's canonisation is the eve of her 19th death anniversary and the date previously established by the Vatican for the conclusion of the Year of Mercy pilgrimage of people like her who are engaged in works of mercy.

 
  

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  • Vincent Rodrigues., Frazer Town,Bangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Good gesture by the central government to senior lady cabinet minister to head the delegation to attend the Mother Theresa's Coronation as Saint

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  • Rosario, Kallianpur

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    You will not get a single Christian vote. Mind you, stop this cheap marketing. We know you better by now madam.

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  • alfria, mumbai

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Vinayak : It would be better if you could ask your bjp government why an official delegation is needed to go for the canonisation of Mother Teresa, than putting up this question on this forum. It is definitely sure that Mother Teresa has not asked them too be present there nor has the Catholic community has put any such request to the government.

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  • albert, mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Theres no issue if Sushma wants to lead on the capacity of minister. Its time to develop good relationship with Central which is likely to benefit christians and safety of christians. What have you gained from Congress and whats its contribution to christians?.Christian leaders must maintain solid relationship with Central and state both irrespective of parties.

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  • Af,,, MANGALORE

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    take RSS Chief mohan bhagawath also.

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  • Roshan, Abu Dhabi

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Crocodile 🐊 tears by Goonda Parivar!! & their political wing BJPee.

    They can't fool the Catholic Christians of world.

    Sushma Swaraj getting a chance to go abroad after becoming foreign minister.

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  • Vinayak prabhu, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Criticism for this too. First of all I want to ask. Why official delegation?

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  • vidisha, Mumbai

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Mother Theresa has a lot for your people as well as mine. Most of the people of India hold her in high esteem. So it is but natural the Government of India delegate officials to attend this function and Sushma Swaraj is very lucky that she is getting a chance to attend.

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  • Chris, Tel Aviv

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Official delegation from a third world ??who even cares for these officials there anyways.

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  • Sb, Mlore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Bjp should stope trying wooing these opportunists. They only need BJP t get ther work done when they are in power. After that just back stabbing. At the end of the day their alliance is anything to do with Italy. Sample is some comments here. Stop it BJP. we don't need opportunists votes. Nationalists votes are enough.

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  • Joseph D Souza, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    SB M'Luru
    If you think you are a nationalist then we too do not need such fascist Nationalists. You think we survive by your good will and courtesy. Far from it. You are filled with hate and anger whereas Mother Theresa taught love and forgiveness. That's all the difference between both of you. Otherwise both are human beings...one lived for the poorest of the poor and sacrificed her family and country and personal happiness and the other is living to spread venom, division and hatred...We still love you and forgive you!!

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  • Clifford, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    SB, the Sanghi, BJP and RSS man. You are so great that you are even scarred to write your full name. This only supports my statement who you are.

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Sushma Swaraj has criticized Mother Theresa of conversion from her while she was living.

    DURING THE LIVING TIME OF MOTHER THERESA SHE WAS A SAINT. A LIVING SAINT.

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  • hemanth, bangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Yes. She criticized conversion.. Not her good work towards the society

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  • Desi Jawan, Mangaluru

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    A very good gesture and respects towards a great person.

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  • Valerian D'souza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    Good gesture by Govt and Sushmaji.
    During previous NDA regime, then our great P.M. Vajapayiji had gone to Rome and met Pope.
    He had a very clear conscious!
    We should always strive to reciprocate, truthful,then surely we will become bold and gain ability to think clearly.
    India a nation of unity in diversity.
    Sarva Dharma samabhavate!
    I will praise every good work and constructively criticize wrongs!
    If good deeds overtake the wrongs, I will thing twice to criticize.
    Making enemies is so easy, any fool can make enemies, but it's not so easy to make good friends.

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  • prem, moodbidri

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    Sushma, Venku Naidu, Rajnath Singh, Parikar & Arun Jaitly (even though he failed as Finance Minister) are only few among BJP leaders, India trust on.

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    This delegation led by the Foreign Minister is simply a political trick to sooth the minority Christian population of India especially the largest Catholic population.

    The RSS current chief was constantly throwing defamatory trash at Mother Teresa, but nobody in the BJP/RSS told him to stop that but was enjoying that...

    Sri. Arvind Kejriwal worked with Mother Teresa before joining the Indian Revenue Service after getting degree from a well known educational Institution.

    Srimathi Mamata Banerjee has great respect for Mother Teresa. When she was the Minister of Railway, Mother Teresas' big posters were placed on the Railway to get a great exposure of Mother Teresa to the travelling public. Both of them are going out of their loyalty and adoration towards Mother Teresa. The CM of New Delhi warned repeatedly the RSS Chief to leave Mother Teresa alone.

    The Pundit Nehru Family has great admiration of what Mother Teresa was doing. When the Mothers of Charity started their work in New Delhi in 1956, the dedication of the work in New Delhi was done by Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru he greatly appreciated her work, and gave her free pass to travel in the Indian Railway. Later on Mrs. Indira Gandhi issued a free pass in the Indian Airlines after visiting Mother Teresa at the hospital when she was met with a Railway accident en route to Dargeeling.

    Starting with Sri. Motilal Nehru, his posterity who were born in greatness and affluence has shown greater respect and appreciation for the vast missionary undertaking of the minority Christian community in education and social work. GOD will honor them for ever! When When Dr. Billy Graham visited Pundit Nehru in 1956, his first visit to India, Pundit Nehru expressed that openly.

    To please the Dalits to fill the vote Bank for the BJP, Dr.Ambekhar portrait adoration. But in reality, the Dalits are being attacked by the party street goons all over India. What a paradox of the current cattle land?

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  • akhilesh, Managalore/Bangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Take it or leave it mathew.....we all know what a bootlick mamatha in WB is...kujliwal...ask him to clean delhi first and then comment on modi....sitting in the US...commenting is easy....when the US itself is the biggest communal and racist breeding hotspot....

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Sir, if a politician of any party is making a derogatory racial comment in the U.S., then his political career is over with. How many derogatory remarks were made by the ruling party politicians in India?

    The U.S. is a country with guns everywhere and too many killings every month. But, what is now going on in India since BJP came into power is too many Dalit attacks all across India.

    I am not ashamed to say it openly that the U.S. is spiritually bankrupt and became a nation of pure materialism and pleasure and so reaping the consequence now.

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  • sri, Karkala

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Probably her intention was only to help needy people but it resulted in some kind of reverse effect. People who benefitted from her probably supported her views and work and probably converted to her faith to get more benefits.

    It is not her mistake. There are differences between following two statements:-
    Pray to god.
    Pray to Jesus.
    First statement is very general one and second one is very specific. Some people may question when you say second statement depending on their faith.

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Sriji: Your response to my comment is very neutral which is greatly appreciated. The aftermath of genuine service and love we render to other helpless people will impact them, and they may be delighted to follow our religious faith, because we are doing the service for others not through political inspiration but through religious inspiration.

    My son has a big collection books from different religions. One day he asked me, dad, what is the nature of GOD. I said that the nature of GOD can be learned through GOD who took the form of a human being called JESUS CHRIST. All the religious followers are calling upon GOD, but the Christians are calling upon the name of JESUS CHRIST as a personal GOD because we see in HIM 100% deity.

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  • RSRB, Kundapura / Singapore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    If anyone shows respect, don't bash them like this....
    That should not be your culture.
    You should give opportunity for everyone to prove...

    I have never seen Ms Sushma was showing any disrespect to any Christians....

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Did I bash her? She is simply delegated by the Government, and probably the only one person happy to participate at this function since she has never uttered anything towards the Christians of India. If Srimiti Irani or Venkiah Naidu or the Home Minister and such leaders of the ruling party were delegated, they will decline that offer bitterly. Please don't read the unwritten page.

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  • RSRB, Kundapura / Singapore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Good that you have accepted the fact that Sushma has nothing done to Christians....

    But meantime, you revealed another truth by mentioning it is Government which is sending her. That means you are appreciating the BJP Government.

    Why to write so lengthy comment. Just say "BJP Government is really doing appreciable work by respecting the religious belief of all Indians"

    You say, you are in USA. Better write something which suits your status...

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  • juliana, udupi

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    It takes time to change from good to best. Present day India Government is doing everything possible to uplift the downtrodden. Moreover we Indians are tackling terror amicably. Madamji is the first kindly woman administrator to show her concern towards the general public around the world. She deserve it and will be greeted with open hands on the occasion of Sainthood of Mother Teresa along with Didi. Through the intercession of Mother Teresa, Fr. Tom be released from captivity soon.

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Srimati Sushma Swaraj is an educated person with long political career. She has never uttered anything to offend the Christians of India. Though I disagree with Arun Jaitly's economic predictions, I respect him because he has never expressed any minority attacking attitude. Likewise, Sushma Swaraj is keeping very high decency with relation to the minorities of India. How some of the commentators got this misunderstanding about my comment?

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  • moshu, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    Nowadays dalits and minorities are becoming the prime target under her govt. Who told this govt working on upliftment of the downtrodden instead the situation getting bad worst.

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  • The Guru, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    moshu, Mangalore

    Dalit, minority attack in BJP Rule - BJP responsible

    Terrorist attacks in the Indian cities under congress rule -So you mean congress is affiliated to terrorists?

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  • alfria, mumbai

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    A only decent and a minister who really does her work sincerely, though she is a foreign minister to work only in India, She is in mist of wolves.

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  • Clifford, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    I wonder if Modi and BJP have got permission of Mohan Bagwat and RSS to send a delegation considering the the bad mouthing they were giving to this nun who dedicated her life to poor and sick without consideration from wherever they came . They will not get my vote what ever delegation they send. At least Susma is the only decent person left there.

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  • Dev Kumar, Hiraidka/New Delhi

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    Dodamma's daud only upto bellary..
    See sushamji people-friendly government where it land.
    Hope not these time people murmur..are using tax-payers money.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Nashville

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    Sushma is the only deserving candidate to lead Indian Delegation ...

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, UDUPI/ NEW YORK, USA.

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    I fully agree with you from the delegated work she has been doing as an external affairs minister. People may say anything good or bad about her but so far she is the best. She has solve many people working abroad in their difficulties as the recent case of Judith and many others. She deserves to be fit to lead the Indian delegation at Mother Teresa's canonisation. Good luck to her and all the other delegations.

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  • Dev Kumar, Hiraidka/New Delhi

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    It's not so important how powerful or well-off you are in the society.
    Person who utilise the most whatever provided by the god..is much richer.

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    Kumarji, you are telling a spiritual, also an open truth Mother Teresa was greatly honoured by the whole world but how your party followers were trashing her without looking to her selfless charity? What kind of outfit she had? How many pair of clothing she had? How much it's cost? Her food was not custom-made food but very ordinary food ate with the rest of the people worked with her. Trashing such a person whose funeral was watched live by 1/3 of the world population and the personal attendance by the CMs and the PM and the rest from New Delhi-Kings and Queens-PMs and Presidents of the world, Hillary Clinton Representing the U.S. but how terribly your party leaders defamed her?

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  • Pratap Rao, Bangalore

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    Politics at its worst. What has BJP to do with Mother Teresa? While alive they mocked at her and their propaganda was that she converts. Now in power they need the West. The gesture is to tell the world that the BJP dos not hate Christians

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  • Dev Kumar, Hiraidka/New Delhi

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    waqt waqt ki baat..chodo kal ki baathe..kal ki baat puraani..
    naye daur mein likhenge mileke.nahin kahani...mai hindustani..mai hindustani..

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    What Pratap Raoji telling is absolutely true. The BJP Government is sending a delegation led by the Foreign Minister simply as a whitewashing to bluff the Christians in India and the Christian countries of the world. Modiji loves to visit the Christian and Muslim countries even though he and his party have the least regard for them and for his party followers, both of those religions are foreign religions and the followers of those religions are illegal immigrants.

    Please don't misunderstand me, I am not collectively talking about the followers of Hinduism, a great religion of tolerance. I grew up with them and I wish if I could enjoy those days of fun and laughter again.

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  • Vincy, Bangkok

    Fri, Jul 29 2016

    The Gesture is to fool the world.But the question is how long the Fools can fool the world?

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  • Dev Kumar, Hiraidka/New Delhi

    Thu, Jul 28 2016

    Take dodamma also along with..
    Let her see once maike..

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